causation

英 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

美 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

n.  诱因; 起因; 原因

复数：causations　

法律

BNC.13210 / COCA.18345

牛津词典

noun

• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event
• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 诱因;起因;祸端
  Thecausationof something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  1. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
     基因只是致病的部分原因。
• N-UNCOUNT 因果关系；因果律
  Causationis a study of the factors involved in causing something.
  1. ...assumptions concerning social causation.
     有关社会因果律的假设

英英释义

noun

• the act of causing something to happen
  Synonym:causing

双语例句

• The article explains the causation of grinding crack, affecting factor and controlling steps.
  介绍了产生磨削裂纹的原因、影响因素及控制措施。
• And our understanding of causation is not really based on intelligibility, its based on observation of uniformity.
  我们关于因果关系的理解并不是真正基于可理解的事物，而是基于观察的一致性。
• Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes.
  与物理定律矛盾的现象，暗示精神过程可能导致某种结果的现象。
• Weather is a predominant influence in the causation of cold injury.
  在招致寒冷损伤中，气候是一个突出的影响因素。
• Testing and Applying Theories of War Causation; the Future of War, Solutions to War.
  战争因果理论之检证和应用；战争之未来展望及解答。
• In studying there may be an exchange of thought and the silent observation of the causation of authority.
  在研究当中，或许会有一种思想的交换，和对权威根源的无声观察。
• Hill and Doll took a pragmatic approach in the search for causation.
  希尔和多尔在寻找因果关系时采取了一种务实的方法。
• In legal discourse causation is particularly important.
  在法律推论中，因果关系特别重要。
• But the problematic relationship between correlation and causation in general remains an active area of debate and confusion.
  但广泛意义上的相关性与因果之间的尚存疑问的关系，仍是当前一个极易引起争议和混淆的领域。
• But if we take David Hume's view of causation then the position is very different.
  但是当我们采纳大卫休谟关于因果关系的看法时，其地位还是很不一样的。